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authorFangrui Song <i@maskray.me>2019-10-30 10:50:23 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2019-10-30 10:50:23 +0000
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Add a --output=<DIR> option to ar to allow the specifying of an output directory.
* ar.c (emum long option numbers): Declare. Use to provide numerical values for long options. (long_options): Add --output option. (usage): Mention the --output option. (open_output_file): New function. Create a filepath for an output file and open it. (extract_file): Use open_output_file(). (open_output_file): * testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add a test of the new feature. * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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-*- text -*-
+* Add --output option to the "ar" program. This option can be used to specify
+ the output directory when extracting members from an archive.
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Changes in 2.33:
* Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if present,